diff --git a/mingw-w64-python2/0860-mingw-build-optimized-ext.patch b/mingw-w64-python2/0860-mingw-build-optimized-ext.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cd342aa4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-python2/0860-mingw-build-optimized-ext.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py.orig	2014-06-30 07:05:25.000000000 +0500
++++ b/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py	2014-09-23 10:42:09.263600000 +0500
+@@ -324,9 +324,9 @@
+         else:
+             no_cygwin = ''
+ 
+-        self.set_executables(compiler='gcc%s -O -Wall' % no_cygwin,
+-                             compiler_so='gcc%s -mdll -O -Wall' % no_cygwin,
+-                             compiler_cxx='g++%s -O -Wall' % no_cygwin,
++        self.set_executables(compiler='gcc%s -O2 -Wall' % no_cygwin,
++                             compiler_so='gcc%s -mdll -O2 -Wall' % no_cygwin,
++                             compiler_cxx='g++%s -O2 -Wall' % no_cygwin,
+                              linker_exe='gcc%s' % no_cygwin,
+                              linker_so='%s%s %s %s'
+                                     % (self.linker_dll, no_cygwin,
diff --git a/mingw-w64-python2/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python2/PKGBUILD
index 71bd99e5f1..7fbf9ecb4e 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python2/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python2/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 _realname=python2
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
 pkgver=2.7.8
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=5
 _pybasever=2.7
 pkgdesc="A high-level scripting language (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc-libs"
         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-tcl"
         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-tk")
 makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc" "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pkg-config" "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ncurses")
-options=('!makeflags' 'staticlibs' '!strip' 'debug')
+options=('!makeflags' 'staticlibs' 'strip' '!debug')
 source=("http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${pkgver%rc?}/Python-${pkgver}.tar.xz"
         0000-make-_sysconfigdata.py-relocatable.patch
         0100-MINGW-BASE-use-NT-thread-model.patch
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ source=("http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${pkgver%rc?}/Python-${pkgver}.tar.xz"
         0830-add-build-sysroot-config-option.patch
         0840-add-builddir-to-library_dirs.patch
         0850-cross-PYTHON_FOR_BUILD-gteq-276-and-fullpath-it.patch
+        0860-mingw-build-optimized-ext.patch
         1000-dont-link-with-gettext.patch
         1010-ctypes-python-dll.patch
         1020-gdbm-module-includes.patch
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ prepare() {
   patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}"/0830-add-build-sysroot-config-option.patch
   patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}"/0840-add-builddir-to-library_dirs.patch
   patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}"/0850-cross-PYTHON_FOR_BUILD-gteq-276-and-fullpath-it.patch
+  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}"/0860-mingw-build-optimized-ext.patch
 
   plain "Apply Alexey Pavlov's mingw-w64 patches (2)"
   patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}"/1000-dont-link-with-gettext.patch
@@ -232,8 +234,8 @@ build() {
 
   CFLAGS+=" -fwrapv -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1 "
   CXXFLAGS+=" -fwrapv -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1 "
-  CPPFLAGS+=" -I$PREFIX_WIN/include -I$PREFIX_WIN/include/ncursesw -I$PREFIX_WIN/${MINGW_CHOST}/include "
-  #LDFLAGS+=" -L$PREFIX_WIN/${MINGW_CHOST}/lib -L$PREFIX_WIN/lib "
+  CPPFLAGS+=" -I$PREFIX_WIN/include -I$PREFIX_WIN/include/ncursesw "
+
   if check_option "strip" "y"; then
     LDFLAGS+=" -s "
   fi
@@ -393,6 +395,7 @@ sha1sums=('9c6281eeace0c3646fa556c8087bb1b7e033c9c4'
           '430ed5b5794e4081b7de2016bc10b2d220e29f24'
           'b570caceaf451c0869d840fc06dae526f083046b'
           '9ee357eb87550e1ce5c8fd359a976a24bf9ff697'
+          'ee253d2d59916fe3f9f50c853b8006b9cf79e2c3'
           '439eaa06db994ddb724e5ad6a459bbddb5089527'
           '5601ab657dc701aea3b16cf96be782b45262a6b4'
           'a5b4f74cfdc0cd8148ae0c2b7d080e08ac73bc5a'
diff --git a/mingw-w64-python3/0880-run-commands-with-sh-under-MSYS.patch b/mingw-w64-python3/0880-run-commands-with-sh-under-MSYS.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 51bcad3e9d..0000000000
--- a/mingw-w64-python3/0880-run-commands-with-sh-under-MSYS.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
---- a/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py.orig	2014-08-05 23:01:05.598200000 +0400
-+++ b/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py	2014-08-05 23:02:24.355000000 +0400
-@@ -167,8 +167,12 @@
-                 raise CompileError(msg)
-         else: # for other files use the C-compiler
-             try:
--                self.spawn(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] +
--                           extra_postargs)
-+                if "MSYSTEM" in os.environ:
-+                    self.spawn(['sh', '-c', ' '.join(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] +
-+                               extra_postargs).replace("\\", "\\\\")])
-+                else:
-+                    self.spawn(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] +
-+                               extra_postargs)
-             except DistutilsExecError as msg:
-                 raise CompileError(msg)
- 
diff --git a/mingw-w64-python3/0890-mingw-build-optimized-ext.patch b/mingw-w64-python3/0890-mingw-build-optimized-ext.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c2cbd2a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-python3/0890-mingw-build-optimized-ext.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py.orig	2014-05-19 10:19:38.000000000 +0500
++++ b/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py	2014-09-23 11:09:54.211200000 +0500
+@@ -299,9 +299,9 @@
+             raise CCompilerError(
+                 'Cygwin gcc cannot be used with --compiler=mingw32')
+ 
+-        self.set_executables(compiler='gcc -O -Wall',
+-                             compiler_so='gcc -mdll -O -Wall',
+-                             compiler_cxx='g++ -O -Wall',
++        self.set_executables(compiler='gcc -O2 -Wall',
++                             compiler_so='gcc -mdll -O2 -Wall',
++                             compiler_cxx='g++ -O2 -Wall',
+                              linker_exe='gcc',
+                              linker_so='%s %s %s'
+                                         % (self.linker_dll, shared_option,
diff --git a/mingw-w64-python3/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python3/PKGBUILD
index 41dc4a5eaf..374bcd308e 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python3/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python3/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _realname=python3
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
 _pybasever=3.4
 pkgver=${_pybasever}.1
-pkgrel=8
+pkgrel=9
 pkgdesc="A high-level scripting language (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 license=('PSF')
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ source=("http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${pkgver%rc?}/Python-${pkgver}.tar.xz"
         0850-use-gnu_printf-in-format.patch
         0860-fix-_Py_CheckPython3-prototype.patch
         0870-mingw-fix-ssl-dont-use-enum_certificates.patch
+        0890-mingw-build-optimized-ext.patch
         1000-fix-building-posixmodule.patch
         1010-install-msilib.patch)
 
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ prepare() {
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}"/0850-use-gnu_printf-in-format.patch
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}"/0860-fix-_Py_CheckPython3-prototype.patch
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}"/0870-mingw-fix-ssl-dont-use-enum_certificates.patch
+  patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}"/0890-mingw-build-optimized-ext.patch
 
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}"/1000-fix-building-posixmodule.patch
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}"/1010-install-msilib.patch
@@ -406,5 +408,6 @@ md5sums=('6cafc183b4106476dd73d5738d7f616a'
          'c4a497ac25a8438ea0142000d75f1965'
          'abec47dfff50a6b1adf6b78e9466a529'
          '501eaec84e4516a8201679ee45797a59'
+         '5d5b248fe1821f82d0e4a4a1385e7ccf'
          '38b940ff6ef0652c004c461f4393771a'
          '994736a02ffafe807207f0c88e40252b')